All tests, no matter if they occur at UNL's Test Nebraska location in the parking garage at 17th and R streets, the University Health Center, or other sites across the community, are reported to the local health department, Green said. The health department uses the test results as the basis for its contact tracing program, and communicates the data to UNL, which began posting the daily numbers on an online dashboard last week. "The Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department has the responsibility for determining if they think there is potential for community spread to take further action or recommendation in trying to prevent that," Green said. "When there is a potential cluster of cases over a period of time that gives them concern to feel like there needs to be additional quarantine put in place, they then recommend that that happens." Green said UNL does not receive test results and urged Greek members to not avoid getting tested if they feel they have been exposed or are experiencing symptoms to prevent attention from being drawn to their houses.

Source: Daily Sun September 01, 2020 15:45 UTC